Corset.



' C. MAQMAHN.

CORSET.

APPLIOATION HLED MAR. so. 1905.

Patented Deo. 7. 1909.

m W M FETQE.

CATHERINE MaclVIAI-IN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CORSET.

Application filed March 30, 1905.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CATHERINE MAOMAHN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the ligures of reference marked there.

on, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to corsets and its object is to provide a corset which will readily accommodate itself to the figure; which may be readily clasped and unclasped and laced and unlaced, and in which, by making the hose supporters a part of the corset, the weight and strain of the stockings are distributed more evenly than in the ordinary corset.

My invention also consists in certain other advantages and details of construction hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

I attain these objects by means of the devices and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and shown, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front view of my corset in place; Fig. 2 a vrear view of the same, and Fig. 3 a side view of the same.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the drawings.

My corset laces at the middle of the front, the opposing margins of the middle of the front being provided with the usual eyelets and lacing strings. These opposing margins are straight. The two front sections 1-2, whose meeting margins form the median line, begin at top at the bust-line 3 and, gradually narrowing, extend downward in the form of an elongated acute angled triangle. The margins of the converging sides of these sections are straight. These sections are extended downwardly, beyond the point to which the lacing extends, in the form of va pair of corresponding narrow flexible strips 4 5 which serve as Suspenders for stockings, formed integral with the corset.

, The section 2 is divided vertically, as at 6,

into two separate parts, on a line parallel with the median margin of the section. The opposing margins of the separated parts of the section 2 are provided with clasps 7, or

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 7, 1909.

serial No. 252,830.

equivalent fastening devices, for securing the separated parts of section 2 together, and for thus closing the corset, which, aside from the lacing and fastenings shown in Fig. 1, is circumferentially continuous. It will be seen that the straight narrow piece lying between the lacing and the opening 6 is extended as thek suspender 5. The sections 1 and 2, taken together, form, at top, about one third of the bust-line of the corset.

Proceeding in either direction from the sections 1 and 2 to the middle of the back, the remaining sections of the corset are alike, and a description of the remainder of the sections at one side of the corset will answer for both sides.

Next to the section 1 is section 8 which extends downwardly from the bust-line of the corset and is extended at its lower end as a strap 9 to form another suspender for a stocking supporter. The section 8 on its margin next to section 1 is straight. The other margin or seam 10.0f the section 8 extends downwardly from the top of the corset to the waist-line in a straight line, at a slightly diverging angle to its opposite margin, and thence curves forwardly and downwardly, as at 11, to the bottom of the corset. Adjoining the section S at top is section 12 which extends from the top to the bottom of the corset. The front margin of this piece is straight in the blank, but, in place, assumes the curves shown.

13 is a gore, the point of which lits in the angle between the sections S and 12, extending down from the waist-line to the bottom of the corset. The sides of this gore con form to the adjacent edges of the parts 8 and 12. The rear margin of the upper portion of piece 12 is parallel with its front margin down to the waist-line where the piece suddenly broadens, as at 14, from which point the rear margin of the piece l2 curves forwardly and downwardly so that this piece is about as narrow at bottom as at top.

15 is a section of the corset lying directly under the arm and extending from top to bottom of the corset. This piece is contracted at the waist-line and about equally broadened at the bust-line and hip-line.

1G is a gore the upper point of which fits into the angle of the lower adjacent diverging margins of the sections 12-15- The front and rear margins of this gore are oppositely curved, as shown, to give fullness to this part which forms the hip-section. Lying next to the piece 15 and joined to its rear margin is section 17 which in outline is substantially like the piece 15 extending from the top to the bottom of the corset and being narrow at the-waist-line and broad at top and bottom. The same is true of the next adjoining piece 18 which forms the middle back-section.

The stays, steels or bones of my corset and their arrangement have not been described since it will be understood without description or illustration that they follow the lines of the vertical seams in the usual or any preferred manner, However, the stays in my corset, except in sections 1 and 2, extend only slightly below the waist-line. Each of Ithe remaining corset-sections extends downwardly considerably below the stays and below the hip-line, to form a short skirt, as shown.

The advantages of the construction above described are that the lacing and the clasping of the corset are 'both performed quickly and conveniently at the front of the corset. The principal fullness of the top of the corset is formed immediately beneath the arms so that when in place upon the person the requisite yield at the bust-line is not at the expense of the straight front effect now in vogue. The integral Suspenders for the support of the stockings distribute the strain of the weight of the hose and dispense with `the usual fastenings at the bottom of the corset which, at this point, appear bulky and are unpleasant to the wearer. The extension of the corset-sections at bottom to form a short skirt, prevents the bottom line of the corset from showing in the manner usual when thin skirts are worn, and a bustle and pads may be worn under this short skirt without their outline being so pronounced as when'worn outside the corset.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- A corset comprising elongated triangular central corset sections 1 and 2 extending from the bust line to points below the lower edge of the corset, the extended portions constituting integrally formed hose-supporters, the adjacent margins of said central corset sections forming the median line of the corset, said margins being provided with lacing devices, and one of said central sections being formed of two parts and the other of said sections being :formed of a single part, the adjacent edges of such parts being parallel with the median line ofthe corset, the adjacent edges of said two parts being provided with clasping devices, that one of said two parts lying nearer the median line of the corset comprising a long narrow strip of substantially the same width throughout, the otherof said two parts being triangular in form and a plurality of connecting pieces, the connecting pieces immediately adjoining` each of the said central corset sections 1 and 2 being also extended below the lower edge of the corset to constitute a hose supporter, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CATHERINE MAcMAI-IN I/Vitnesses:

JOI-IN L. DUNCAN, M. L. MARKS. 

